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RepositoryUniversity Archives and Special Collections Centre
Reference NumberUAL/OH/2/5
TitlePeter Farley
DescriptionInterview with Peter Farley, Senior Lecturer in Theatre Design at Wimbledon College of Art.

The interview can be accessed in QuickTime Movie and Waveform Audio formats, and a transcript is also available.

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Video 1 [00:00] Peter Farley; started role in 1996; ran the first MA Theatre Design in UK; moved roles to Senior Lecturer on BA Theatre Design. [01:21] Studied at Wimbledon in 1970s; worked in field; completed the MA at Wimbledon; applied for job of running MA. [02:43] Impressions of college; courses; reputation of print department; buildings; size; courses becoming BA degrees; affiliated with University of Surrey. [04:44] Smaller class sizes; own cohort; Richard Hudson set design for Lion King; differences teaching larger numbers; transferrable skills; educating through Theatre Design. [06:28] Building work; autonomy; division into specialist pathways; increasing student numbers; combining with Chelsea and Camberwell; retaining art school size; students choosing smaller institutions. [09:59] Own choice of Wimbledon; limited choice of courses; Association of Course in Theatre Design Committee; familial environment; location of Wimbledon. [11:55] Teaching responsibilities; tutorials; research focussed on documentation and dissemination of Theatre Design; curatorial practice; Jocelyn Herbert archive; curation of National Exhibition; size of industry. [14:18] Eileen Hogan bringing Jocelyn Herbert archive to Wimbledon; grant from Rootstein Hopkins Foundation; adding to archive; Richard Hudson's model; Richard Negri; deal with National Theatre; strengthening links; digitization of material. [18:09] Exhibitions; exhibition at V&A; Chris Wainwright visit to Beijing; exhibition of European Theatre Design; progression from student to professional; differences across Europe. [20:41] Success of exhibition; enjoyment of designing exhibitions; lack of European exhibitions in China. [22:41] First year content; modes of communication in Theatre Design; models; exhibiting process; rationale of exhibition. [24:31] Collaboration with colleges; differences in costume courses across UAL; university facilities. [27:19] Discusses joining UAL; potential to join Kingston; discussions to join Chelsea; opportunities at UAL; administrative efficiencies; retained identity; size of UAL; decreased government funding; UAL as a business. [31:19] Nigel Carrington; inclusivity; management structure; assimilation to processes; room bookings process; infrastructure. [34:01] CCW management; discusses not feeling connected with Chelsea or Camberwell; graduate school; geography of schools; consolidation of CSM and LCF; difficulties of pulling colleges together. [37:12]
Date1 Jun 2016
CreatorRosa Kurowska-Kyffin
Extent1 audiovisual recording; length 00:37:12
LevelFile
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